Unless specified, the following were declared fugitive at the Circuit Court in Glasgow on 12 June 1683.

Unidentified Location, but probably from either Lanarkshire Stirlingshire or Dunbartonshire.
Thomson, James, in Harestocks, Continued from the Glasgow Circuit on 12th June 1683 to Edinburgh. Fugitive for not compearing at Edinburgh on 10th July 1683.
Browning, John, there [in Harestocks], Continued from the Glasgow Circuit on 12th June 1683 to Edinburgh. Fugitive for not compearing at Edinburgh on 10th July 1683.
Nasmith, John, called ‘Baron-john’, Continued from the Glasgow Circuit on 12th June 1683 to Edinburgh. Fugitive for not compearing at Edinburgh on 10th July 1683.

Unless specified, the following were declared fugitive at the Circuit Court in Ayr on 19 June 1683.

N.B. Carrick parishes are listed separately below.

Appended to fugitive list for Ayrshire. Unidentified Locations.
Cunningham, Mr John, a vagrant preacher, Ayrshire. Appended to the Fugitive Roll for Ayrshire.
Aird, John, in Auchinlochat, Ayrshire. Continued from the circuit in Ayr to a diet at Edinburgh on 10th July, 1683, and fugitive for not compearing there on July 10th 1683.
Arthur, John, in Borland, Ayrshire. Continued from the circuit in Ayr to a diet at Edinburgh on 10th July, 1683, and fugitive for not compearing there on July 10th 1683.
Ferguson, James, in Ashlie-mill, Ayrshire. Continued from the circuit in Ayr to a diet at Edinburgh on 10th July, 1683, and fugitive for not compearing there on July 10th 1683.
Howie, John, in Craich-head, Ayrshire. Continued from the circuit in Ayr to a diet at Edinburgh on 10th July, 1683, and fugitive for not compearing there on July 10th 1683.
Macneilly, William, son to Alexander Macneilly now in mains of Arstinchil, Ayrshire. Continued from the circuit in Ayr to a diet at Edinburgh on 10th July, 1683, and fugitive for not compearing there on July 10th 1683.

Ardrossan parish
Wilson, John, in Saltcoats (NS 244 415), in Ardrossan parish, Ayrshire. Continued from the circuit in Ayr to a diet at Edinburgh on 10th July, 1683, and fugitive for not compearing there on July 10th 1683.

Bedrule parish
Young, George, in Bedrule (NT 600 180), [Bedrule parish], [brother to Robert and James Young], Roxburgh
Young, Robert, his brother [to George and James Young in Bedrule (NT 600 180), Bedrule parish], Roxburgh
Young, James, their brother [to George and Robert Young in Bedrule (NT 600 180), Bedrule parish], Roxburgh

17 Responses to “Covenanters”

Most interesting and commendably well detailed. It’s a matter of real concern that, if a current planning application goes through, the “sequestered place” of Auchengilloch and its approach Right of Way will be dominated and overwhelmed by an industrial wind turbine development.

[…] but she was probably ‘Grizel Fullarton, good-wife of Balma[n]gan’ who appears on the published Fugitive Roll of May, 1684, for the ‘reset and harbour’ of fugitives from the Bothwell Rising. Her status on the fugitive […]

Hi there, just thought I should advise that the grid reference for nether mains in Kilbride is for laigh mains which was at an entirely different site as laigh mains was a separate place. Nether Mains was a former farm in Calderwood adjacent to the current site of the mini golf course. “Granger, Robert, in Nether-mains [Laigh Mains (NS 630 562)], Kilbride parish, Lanarkshire”. Laigh Mains was in another area of Kilbride. Interestingly the man John Struthers who revised the text in later times was a descendent of that building (Nether Mains of Calderwood).

Letter from the King to the council, August
15th, 1679,
CHARLES R.
Right trusty. &c. We greet you well.
Whereas by our letter of the 26th day of July, last past, we did (upon the considerations therein mentioned) command you to cause process before the criminal court, nine of those who were in the late rebellion, with the additional aggravation of having owned the murderers of the late archbishop of St Andrews, whom we did thereby except from any indemnity we should grant. And that besides the persons who are to be excepted therein, these nine being to be executed merely upon that account, and they being convicted, we did order that they be hanged in chains upon the place where that horrid murder was committed; amongst whom we did recom¬mend unto you to include such as appeared not upon the places of trial in Fife, appointed by our proclamation, and that you should not let out such of the shire of Fife, as were then in custody, till they be purged of their accession thereto; and that you should take all courses consistent with law, for the further discovery of such as are guilty of that inhuman crime. And whereas now. by the examination of some prisoners in the south Grayfriar yard of Edinburgh, anent their being in the late rebellion, and concerning the said horrid murder (taken by some of your number the 5th instant. ) We find, that severals of them do not own the late rebellion to be a re¬bellion, nor the murder of the late archbishop of St Andrews to be a murder. Some of them do not acknowledge the said murder unlawful, and others say it is not sinful. These are therefore to authorize and require you, to cause the per¬sons mentioned in the inclosed list, to be pursued criminally and to cause speedy justice to be done on them according to law. For doing whereof this shall be your warrant. And so we bid you heartily farewell. Given at our court at (ut supra) and of our reign the thirty-first year.
By his majesty’s command,
LAUDERDALE,
Follows the tenor of the list contained in the foresaid letter.
CHARLES R.
James Lileburn in Kinross, being called and required to subscribe the bond, appointed by his majesty’s letter, not only refuseth the same, but thinks the murder of the archbishop no murder.
David Hardy in Leslie, being called and ex¬amined, refused the said bond, or to say that the late rebellion was a rebellion. or that the archbishop’s murder was a murder.
Robert Bogie in Newbigging, being called and examined. says, that he thinks the late rebellion was not a rebellion, and thinks that the arch¬bishop’s murder was not a murder.
John Richardson in Stenhouse, being called and examined, declares,he thinks that the late rising in arms was no rebellion, and is not clear to sign the bond, and thinks that the last rising was not against the king, but for the truth ol God.
Robert M’Gill, webster in Gallowshields, confesses his being in the rebellion, but that he is not clear to say, the killing of the archbishop of St Andrews was a murder.
David Somerwel in East-Calder, confesses he was in the rebellion, but will not call it a rebelllon, nor take the bond, and says he thinks he needs not, for be says, he has found out an¬other way for it. He will not acknowledge the killing of the archbishop to be a murder.
Alex. Steven in Bothwell parish, confesses be was in the rebellion, but will not call it a re¬bellion, nor the killing of the archbishop to be a murder.
Thomas Williamson in Over-Cranston, confesses his being in the rebellion that he is not clear to call it a rebellion, nor the killing of the archbishop to be a murder.
John Scot in Ettrick forest, confesses he was in the rebellion, but is not clear to call it a rebellion or that the killing of the archbishop is murder.
William Cameron in Dalmellington confesses he was in the rebellion, but is not clear to call it a rebellion, or that the killing of the arch¬bishop is a murder.
Robert Miller in Waterford, confesses he was in the rebellion, but will not call it a rebellion, nor will he call the killing of the archbishop a murder.
James Wood in the parish of Newmills, confesses he was in the rebellion, but will not call it a rebellion, nor the archbishop’s murder, a murder.
John Gevan in Kirklision parish, confesses he was in the rebellion, but refuses to acknow¬ledge it a rebellion, or that the archbishop’s mur¬der was unlawful.
Thomas Pringle in Stow parish, refuses to acknowledge the rebellion to be such, or that the archbishop was murdered.
Andrew Sword in the parish of Borg in the stewartry of Kirkcudbright, refuses to acknow¬ledge the rebellion to be a rebellion, or the archbisbop’s murder, a murder.
James Gray in West-Calder, refuses to ac¬knowledge the rebellion to be a rebellion, or that the archbishop’s murder was unlawful.
John Thomson in the parish of Shots, acknow¬ledges the rebellion was a rebellion, but denies the unlawfulness of the archbishop’s murder.
John Waddel in the parish of Shots, acknow¬ledges the rebellion to have been a rebellion, but denies the archbishop’s murder to be sinful.
Patrick Keir in the parish of Kincardine, denies that the rebellion was a rebellion, or that the archbishop’s murder was unlawful.
Thomas Brown in Edinburgh, denies that the rebellion was a rebellion, and says, that if it were to do he would advise whether or no he would do the like; and refuses to call the arch¬bishop’s murder sinful.
William Anderson in Livingstone parish, denies the rebellion to be a rebellion, or that the archbishop’s murder was a murder.
CHARLES R.
By his majesty’s command,
LAUDERDALE

[…] Bothwell in 1679. He presumably had taken part in the battle. His name is almost certainly on the published fugitive roll of May, 1684, probably either under ‘John Wilson, in Saltcoats’ in Ardrossan parish which lay […]

[…] nature of the records, but many must have, and did, make peace. Five years after the battle, the published fugitive roll of May 1684 lists about 1,800 individuals who were accused of being present at the battle and who had failed to […]

Mark this is a goldmine, thankyou. I am including the Covenanters Oak in a Uni ethnobotany project so very useful to see a Hamilton of Dalzell here

Also quite excited to see a Muirhead of Lauchop. As you may know Lauchope is a site i’m trying to save for the local community. When i read accounts of covenanters camped out at Bothwell Moor/Muir I can’t help but think Lauchope would me my hiding place of choice. In fact it frequently is 😀 Cheers

This is a goldmine Mark, Thankyou. I’m using the Covenanters Oak in a Uni Project so very useful to see a Hamilton of Dalzell here.

Also very excited to see a Muirhead of Lauchop. As you may know, Lauchope is a site I am trying to save for the local community. Has a fascinating history back to 15th Century. Family seat of Andrew Muirhead, Bishop of Glasgow, and the reason Chapelhall is called Chapelhall.

When I read stories of Covenanters camped out at Bothwell Moor/Muir, I can’t help but think Lauchope would be my hiding place of choice, in fact it frequently is. 😀 Cheers

[…] ‘John Grier[son?] of Blackmark’ appears on the fugitive roll under Dalry parish for ‘reset and harbour’. Hewison thought that he may have been the martyr at Auchencloy. (Hewison, Covenanters, II, 449.) […]

[…] Among those who attended the thirteenth convention were James Renwick (d.1688), Michael Shields, David Steel (d.1686), George Hill, William Nairn, John Mathieson and Archibald Hunter. The latter was possibly the fugitive in Tererran in Glencairn parish, Dumfriesshire, listed on the roll of 1684. […]

[…] ‘Thomas Steel of Auchlochan’, ‘John Carscallan in Auchlochan’, ‘Thomas Weir in Auchlochan’ and a ‘Thomas Brown, son to William Brown in Town-foot of Auchlochan’ al appear on the Fugitive Roll of 1684. […]